Desperate To Romance Astarion, But Also, Desperate To Romance Karlach,,,,

Desperate to romance Astarion, but also, desperate to romance Karlach,,,,

I was thinking about this LITERALLY earlier today. There's just such power in "we were gods", only to be directly countered and undercut by "we were kids." The high of being young and at the top of the world, of discovering and creating and making yourself (like a GOD), but looking back and seeing all the flaws, all the heartbreak. You see all the flaws as time keeps going, but at the same time, you remember that high of childhood/youth. You recall that creation of yourself and your understanding of the world around you, and isn't that kind of like godhood, no matter how many mistakes were made? And then there's something about how the call and reply makes it seem like "gods" and "kids" are mutually exclusive.

I don't know, these aren't really complete thoughts, but those lyrics hit me *hard*

Something about The Amazing Devil’’s song Battle Cries and Madeline’s lyric of ‘we were God’s’ and Joey’s defeated ‘we were kids’ just has a different feeling to it and I can’t explain it. And I don’t think we talk about it enough.

My Tav is so beautiful. Like, sometimes I just have to pause for a moment and look because *WOW*

I loved my friend.

He went away from me.

There's nothing more to say.

The poem ends,

Soft as it began-

I loved my friend.

Why Ambrosius and Ballister’s Relationship Feels So Different in the Movie (Nimona)

As someone who read Nimona countless times growing up, I am very familiar with the story and these characters. Which is why when I watched the movie, I was struck by how different Ambrosius and Ballister felt. They seemed like totally different and unfamiliar characters to me, and it didn’t have anything to do with their designs.

After rereading the original Nimona graphic novel recently, I’ve come to the conclusion that the main reason they feel like completely different characters in the movie comes down to one thing: the removal of the joust.

When I watched the movie, I was surprised by the fact that they changed the circumstances that drove these two apart. But it didn’t hit me just how much this one event shapes both of their characters and their relationship to each other until I reread the book. 

The joust is CRUCIAL to their dynamic. It pervades every interaction they have with each other, they bring it up constantly, it is literally the crux of their collective storyline. We learn about it on PAGE 5 of the whole book, and their big heart-to-heart when Ballister is captured near the climax of the story is based around Ambrosius finally admitting the truth about what happened. Honestly I’d say that him finally coming to terms with what he did and apologizing for it is probably what allowed these two to finally find peace together by the end of the book.

We get something similar to it in the movie. Ambrosius still is responsible for Ballister losing his arm, but it is under WILDLY different circumstances. So I want to talk about how the joust affects them in the book, and then explain why the movie’s version of events, while similar on the surface, has a completely different effect on everything. So let’s get into it!

(All images of the book are via pictures of my own physical copy btw, so apologies if they’re not the best quality.)

(Also I want to make it clear that I don’t hate the movie nor its adaptation of these two. I do personally greatly prefer the book, but this post is not here to tear down the movie and exclaim that the book was way better. I just find it interesting how changing one event can have huge ripple effects!)

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I have legit been playing Baldur's Gate 3 for most of the day and it's so FUN! I love being able to play D&D whenever I want and not having to Coordinate Adult Schedles.

Also, I love that it's both mostly a point and click and has turn based combat. A win for both my chronically pained wrists and my anxiety!